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been so good as to send me. Such are a MyUlaKpis with a bright hhxc 

 male; a bright reddish orange Monophlehus on Aiitidesma ; a Lecaninm 

 in nests on Cremastogaster dohrni, Mayr; an omnivorous Pulvinaria 

 lesembUng, but distinct from, P. cupanicv ; a Ceroplastes on cocoanut, 

 and others. In a letter dated April 3, 1894, Mr. Green states that he 

 has already collected, figured, and described (in manuscript) more than 

 60 species. These, he adds, include the following genera: 



WaUceriana, Monophlehus, Icerya, Eriococcus, Bactylopius, Pseudo- 

 coccus, Ortfiezia, Pulvinaria, Yinsonia, Ceroplastes, Lecanium, Carteria, 

 Astcrolecanium, Aspldiotus, Diaspis, Mytilaspis, Chionaspis, Fiorinia, 

 and Aonidia. 



The mention of Asteroleeanlum reminds me that Mr. Green has sent 

 me four species from Ceylon. Three are new and the fourth ]s A. ham- 

 husw, new to the Oriental region, but very probably really native there. 



A Ceroplastes, which he finds on tea and other shrubs, is thought by 

 Mr. Maskell to be C. rnsvi, but tlie identity is perhaps open to question. 



From Ceylon we naturally pass to India. Here we have several 

 records, as in Ceylon, but no approximately complete information. In 

 the last century (178()-1780) Anderson, in his letters to Banks, described 

 the Coccida' of Madras, but unfortunately none of his species can now 

 be recognized, ex(;ept the Ceroplastes ceriferus described in 1701. Per- 

 haps some may yet be identified when we know the Coccidic of India 

 better. For about a century the subject was allowed to drop in India, 

 though we have Westwood's Malabar Monophlehus leachi, and references 

 to the lac and wax producing species, and likewise to those infesting 

 cofiee. Mr. Atkinson, in 1889, gave us his Pseudopul rina r ia sil'khnensis 

 from Sikkim, and most probably, had he lived, he would have by this 

 time added considerably to our knowledge of Indian Coccida'. From Mr. 

 Atkinson and Mr. Cotes a few species have been sent to Mr. Maskell, 

 who lias described and figured them. 



Finally, Mr. ISTewstead has been studying some Indian Coccida, and 

 although his work has not, so far as I know, yet appeared, he has 

 kindly sent me photographs of some very beautiful drawings which will 

 accompany it. 



In this summary of Indian coccidology I may have overlooked some 

 publications which have appeared in that country and have not been 

 seen by me, but I am fairly confident that nothing important, such as a 

 new species, has been missed. 



In Assam is found Aspidiotus thea', Maskell. This is not Green's 

 Ceylon A. thew, but the name may remain, since the Ceylon insect is 

 not an A^)idiotus. 



In the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute for 1891, Maskell 

 records Chionaspis aspidistra', Signoret from India (on Areca), a fact 

 which I had overlooked when writing the above, and also gives Chion- 

 aspis thea', Maskell, as from "the Kangra Valley, Assam." It does not 

 appear, however, that C. thecc is found in Assam at all, but in the 



